European Respiratory Society International Congress, Paris, 2018: highlights from the Clinical Assembly

Lowie E G W Vanfleteren; Iñigo Ojanguren; Claire M Nolan; Frits M E Franssen; Vasileios Andrianopoulos; Aleksandar Grgic; Marlies van Dijk; Dirk Jan Slebos; Luke Daines; Janwillem W H Kocks; Nicolas Kahn

doi:10.1183/23120541.00176-2018

European Respiratory Society International Congress, Paris, 2018: highlights from the Clinical Assembly

ERJ Open Res. 2019 Feb 11;5(1):00176-2018. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00176-2018. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ COPD Center, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
² Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Harefield Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Muscle Research Laboratory, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁵ Dept of Research and Education, CIRO, Horn, The Netherlands.
⁶ Institute for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Research, Schoen Klinik Berchtesgadener Land, Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany.
⁷ Dept of Nuclear Medicine, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany.
⁸ Dept of Pulmonary Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁹ Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹⁰ General Practitioners Research Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands.
¹¹ University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, GRIAC Research Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands.
¹² Dept of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
¹³ Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany.

Abstract

This article contains highlights and a selection of the scientific advances from the European Respiratory Society's Clinical Assembly (Assembly 1 and its five respective groups) that were presented at the 2018 European Respiratory Society International Congress in Paris, France. The most relevant topics from each of the groups will be discussed, covering a wide range of areas including clinical problems, rehabilitation and chronic care, thoracic imaging, interventional pulmonology, and general practice and primary care. The newest research, actual data and highlight sessions will be discussed.

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Review